| A | B |
|---|
| aggressor | a person or country starting a hostile action |
| annals | records or documents of events |
| authenticate | to verify as true or genuine |
| bondage | slavery; serfdom |
| clemency | leniency; mercy |
| colonization | settling; founding |
| contingent | dependent on something else |
| decadence | mental or moral decay |
| despotism | tyranny; absolute power |
| dictator | a ruler having complete authority, power, and control |
| downgrade | to lower the importance or value of |
| genealogy | famly history |
| liberate | to set free |
| liberator | one who sets free |
| monarchy | government by a single, hereditary ruler |
| neutral | not taking sides in a dispute |
| nomadic | wandering; roving |
| obliterate | to destroy, leaving no trace |
| subjugate | to conquer; to dominate |
| unprecedented | never happening or seen before |
